Hundreds of families in Nashville embark on an international culinary adventure every Monday without leaving their home or dirtying a single pan.

In the past month, they’ve enjoyed an Israeli feast, cuisine from Uzbekistan, Sri Lankan food and the flavors of Sudan. The meals come ready-to-eat in an insulated bag right to their doorstep.

These food-loving families are subscribers to ethnic food delivery app Gigamunch, a Nashville-based startup that partners with local immigrants and refugees to make authentic dishes that can be enjoyed by Nashville diners in their own homes.

With the food comes a Spotify playlist of country-specific songs and literature about the stories and traditions of the people behind the food.

“That really is the core of what we’re trying to do: not just give people these exciting experiences, but also to widen their horizon, make them more open-minded, make them more engaged with the global situation. The way we intend that to happen is through education and shared positive experiences,” explained Gigamunch co-founder Enis Cirak.

Cirak and his business partners Piyush Patel, Atish Patel and Chris Sipe launched Gigamunch in 2016 when they were students at Tennessee Tech University.

“A big motivation initially was we were missing the homemade food from our families because we were in college and eating a lot of cafeteria food,” said Cirak, whose family came to Nashville when he was five-years-old as refugees from Bosnia.

The business originally started as more of a food marketplace — where adventurous eaters could connect with home cooks via an app to buy and sell homemade food. It has since evolved to a subscription model where people can have authentic international food delivered to their doorstep.

The recipes come from immigrants and refugees throughout Nashville. Gigamunch employees go to their homes and cook with them, learning step-by-step how to recreate their recipes.

“Then we do an interview where we try to answer questions about their culture and different parts of their history. We try to get their perspective on their culture. After that, we put everything together and package it up and deliver that experience to the subscribers,” Cirak said.

The company, which employees 17 full- and part-time workers, has a commercial kitchen where it prepares the food. Four and five-dish meals serve either two for $35 or four for $65.

Gigamunch has about 400 households subscribed in the Nashville market, and the company is working on a round of fundraising before it can expand its reach in Nashville and additional markets.

Home meal delivery is a crowded market right now, with players including Hello Fresh and Plated, which both ship customers ingredients for a meal and step-by-step recipe cards. But Cirak said Gigamunch stands out because the meals are ready-to-eat, the recipes come from all over the world and there’s an educational component.

“The truth is, a lot of interesting meals are hard to make for yourself and the time to make them is a lot of inconvenience. We provide meals you wouldn’t normally make yourself and you don’t have to cook,” Cirak said.